The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-17
MOUNT CARMEL's BIG DAY.
Old Soldiers TO the FrOnt...New Meth.
Odist Church -. The Twelve Year
Freshets... Damaged Roasting Ears
Damage q Negro -. Young Men
gnare6 Etc
Nit. CARMEL, S. c., August l5,

Mt. CARMEL, S. C., August 10, 1887.
The hd remni9n bn1G NJ q CSpa9y ISh Sc
speakers Invited for the OCCASION are: Prof.
w. NJ. McCaslan, OF Pickens Rev. ]. K. Nc
Cain, of Spartanburg; Hon. Geo. ID. Tillman,
euested 10 bring their baskets. A barbecue
dinner will be prepared for the survivors OF
60. X. only. Excursion rates will be extend
ed to all members Of the company by the rail-
roads.
Capt. s. s. Mcbride is building neat and
commodious store house at Willington.
Mr.. j. g. White and family are visiting
friends In Georgia.
We are going TO build q new Methodist
church at Mt. Carmel, and next Thursday,
18th instant, will commence to move old Zoar
church. Let all the members put their shoul-
can't come send hand In your place, and
you can send your wagon along, too. There
Is no excuse for any one, as at this season we
are not busy. Don't. stand back and let only
O few build the church, and then stand around
and say didn't we build it," Come then and
help us and we will have our church builc ut
once.
The council of Mt. Carmel will enforce the
health ordinance to the letter Of the law:
Then put and keep your premises in q good
condition, for no leniency Will be extended to
those violating this ordinance.
Capt. 8. s. Mcbride reports fine crops In the
the bottom lands All the corn lost.
Mr.. g. s. Cade sustained a heavy loss BY the
last freshet. The water rose in his mill house
and destroyed over 100 bushels OF wheat, and
had 1t not been for the timely efforts OF Mr..
Cude the bridge would have been swept away,
as it was already floating when NOTICED;
II is said the water rose In the Calhoun's s
Mills house (McNeil's) TO within eight Inches
of the great freshet Of 1855. In retrospectlng
the past we see this remarkable fact, that the
freshels in this section have occurred every
the eleventh year. Then If this is.a rule we
will have another next year. The first was In
1910. 1852, 1864, 1876 and 1857, eleventh year,
Thousands OF bushels of corn have been
freshet that about one-half would have been
saved, but the last swept every thing before
II. There Is sti large area on the uplands,
and some saved on the creek bottoms.
the house Of MIR. M. M. Tarrant while the fam
lily were absent and helped themselves to
some articles OF clothing and money. One
Sunday morning with orders 10 leave Mt. Car
mel and never return. The boy who did the
stealing left with his booty before he received
orders.
1t is whispered that another young man in
our town Is going to build cottage. This
looks a little like the shadow OF some coming
event. Go ahead, Doctor, we wont tell on you
this time.
A few days ago a colored boy, Wash Brown,
living on the DuBose place died. and was
thought to have been poisoned, whereupon
Trial Justice Tolman was sent for and after q
Carlton, the facts were that he died from con-
gestion OF the stomach, from indulging too
freely in damaged roasting. ears.
Mrs. Jewette Smith, OF Augusta, Is visiting
relatives here.
Miss Lula Wells Is Off on visit to Troy.
Miss Lizzie Riley is off visiting relatives.
Messrs. w. N. Mercler & Co. are erecting a
large warehouse. This looks like business.
Cotton is opening. The weather Is fine
warm days and very cool nights. Excellent
time to indulge tired nature.
Johnnie says his house will not be for rent
We wonder II he Is going TO live IN II by him.
self.
There is o daily local mail from here to Gal
houn's Mill post Office. This route should be
extended to Abbeville and the post office at
Lebanon re.opened: This would M! be oa great great
us messenger and give him compensation,
as other places have.
A telegram has just been received announc-
ing the death OF Gen. p. H. Bradley, of Brad
ley, s. c., at o'clock last night, Thus anoth-
er great and good man has finished his work
and gone to reap his reward: His death Will
be lamented by every one. Hewas the father
of Mrs ]. w. Morrah OF our town, who has
the sympathy of this com munity NJ.